🎮 Game Developer | XR Innovator | Backend Engineer | Creative Technologist
I’m a multi-disciplinary creator with a passion for building immersive experiences, smart backend systems, and transformative tools for education and entertainment. By day, I lead production tech efforts at Texas State Technical College (TSTC). By night, I’m designing dark multiplayer survival games, coding modular Unreal plugins, and composing cinematic synth tracks.
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🧟♂️ Game Dev
Creator of D.A.W.N: Darkness Awaits – a survival simulation with dynamic zombie evolution, persistent servers, and loadout-based progression.UE5 | GAS | EOS | Modular AI | Watchtower Backend
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🕶️ XR & Interactive Media
Developer of AR/VR training sims, MetaHuman-driven AI case studies, and a UE5-based metaverse campus experience (Myria).HoloLens | Pixel Streaming | Motion Capture | Virtual Production
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🖥️ Backend Systems
Architect of The Watchtower, a full-stack backend for games: account management, persistent worlds, real-time stats, and Discord sync.FastAPI | MongoDB | WebSockets | Docker | Render
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🎤 AI Voice & TTS
Creator of Lynacon, a real-time TTS platform using open-source models integrated into Unreal projects and education pipelines.Coqui TTS | Whisper | REST APIs | Studio-Ready Voices
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🎵 Music Production
I produce dark synthwave/ambient music under the F.E.A.R. series using Ableton and LMMS.Atmosphere + Arpeggios + Narrative Energy
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| ByteBox | Inventory system for UE5 – modular, multiplayer-ready, and Blueprint-friendly. |
| Reanimator | Advanced zombie evolution system with reanimation, leadership, and GAS integration. |
| DiscordBridge | Discord integration plugin for UE5 with event hooks, auth, and WebSocket support. |
| Sentra | A team-based relationship system built on Unreal’s FGenericTeamId. |
| UIForge | CommonUI-powered widget system for game UIs with controller support. |
| Virtuoso SDK | UE plugin for uploading .PAK builds to the cloud with step-by-step progress UI. |
Unreal Engine 5 | GAS / CommonUI / ALS Flutter / Dart | Supabase / OAuth FastAPI / Python | Docker / Render / NGINX MongoDB / PostgreSQL Figma / Adobe Suite / LMMS / Ableton
• 🧠 Website & Portfolio: Coming soon
• 🧵 Twitter/X: @HalfByteGames
• 🧑💼 LinkedIn: [linkedin.com/in/travisashcraft](https://www.linkedin.com/in/traviscashcraft/)
• 🎧 Music: [soundcloud.com/reap3rdotexe](https://soundcloud.com/reap3rdotexe)
• 🧑🤝🧑 Discord Handle: travis_ashcraft
• 🧑🤝🧑 Discord Community: [Half Byte Games](https://discord.gg/gNSPuJx2ta)
🚀 Building tools that outlive the project. Let’s make something that lasts.
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